SIM card rules are set to change from August 24, with telecom companies being asked to stop people from getting mobile connections beyond the permitted limit. In a circular, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has directed telecom operators to identify customers who already have the maximum number of SIM cards allowed in their name. Such…
Military food is perhaps the clearest example of cuisine being designed around an extreme environment. The modern MRE, or Meal, Ready-to-Eat, is built for soldiers who may have no kitchen, refrigerator or reliable access to fresh food.The contents are heavily packaged and engineered for long shelf life. Depending on the ration, a single pack can…
Actress Poonam Dhillon hospitalised at Mumbai’s Lilavati Hospital, CINTAA president diagnosed with Dengue Veteran actress and Cine and TV Artistes Association (CINTAA) president Poonam Dhillon has been hospitalised at Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai after being diagnosed with dengue.The update was shared by journalist Vickey Lalwani, who revealed that the actress has been undergoing treatment for…
Former India cricketer Mohammed Kaif has questioned captain Shubman Gill’s use of Kuldeep Yadav in the first Test against Sri Lanka at Galle, saying the spinner’s short spells suggested a lack of faith in him.Kuldeep bowled only 25 overs across India’s two innings in the Test and took one wicket, while left-arm spinner Manav Suthar…
Lindsay Clancy was once a labour and delivery nurse, a wife and a mother of three living in Duxbury, Massachusetts. Today, she is at the centre of a deeply disturbing murder trial over the deaths of her three young children.Clancy, 36, has pleaded not guilty to three murder charges. She has admitted killing her children,…
Mayawati, Yogi Aditynath, Akhilesh Yadav and other to get bulletproof jackets ahead of Assembly polls 2027 NEW DELHI: Fifty-two leaders in Uttar Pradesh, including chief minister Yogi Adityanath, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and BSP chief Mayawati, have been provided bulletproof jackets as part of security arrangements ahead of the 2027 assembly elections, news agency…
Beneath the enormous steel span of New York’s George Washington Bridge stands a small red lighthouse with a history that began far from Manhattan. Built in 1880, the cast-iron tower once served as the North Hook Beacon at Sandy Hook, New Jersey, before being dismantled and given a new life on the Hudson River. In…
Cornell is one of the biggest and most esteemed universities in the world, sitting on a hill overlooking the 38-mile-long Cayuga Lake with an area of 2,300 acres. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, most institutions, including Cornell, used CFC chillers. These first-generation Ozone-Depleting Substances (ODSs) were destroying the ozone layer and warming the…
NHRC takes cognisance of complaint against Bhagwant Mann’s wife NEW DELHI: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Saturday took cognisance of allegations that Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann’s wife Gurpreet Kaur sought Rs 5 crore to “suppress” a rape case.The NHRC has directed the Punjab chief secretary and director general of police (DGP) to…
Vinay Gupta was employed as a software engineer in Adobe, while his wife is a homemaker, said police in a press statement. NEW DELHI: A 31-year-old software engineer was allegedly beaten to death by his wife’s family following a matrimonial dispute in outer Delhi’s Nihal Vihar Friday.Police have detained four people.The engineer, Vinay Gupta, was…